Humanity
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To celebrate Lajna Ima’illah’s Centenary, Lajna UK has created 19 different postcards to help Lajna members to immerse themselves in their history. These postcards are semi-fictional. Whilst they are based upon real events, locations and time periods, the letters themselves were written by current Lajna members. We handed out these postcards during Jalsa Salana UK
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Arfa Yassir, Swindon There is a constant chant for rights of women and their empowerment on various platforms. For some the chant is just for the sake of it, and some genuinely believe empowerment can improve health, reduce poverty and inequality. Islam claims to empower women in the true sense, but the popular perception is
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Ayesha Naseem, Blackburn In the pre-Islamic society, women lived in atrocious conditions. It was the advent of Islam, the Holy Qur’an, and the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) that ensured the fundamental rights of women and provided them with the honour and respect that they deserved in society. However, as
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Maariya Thaker, Luton In our local Lajna branch, a meeting is held at the end of every month, where we are provided with the opportunity to discuss and present a range of different topics from each respective department of our branch, but also have the opportunity to meet with one another and this often turns
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Bareera Ghaffar, Birmingham As it celebrates its 100 years, I reflect on how Lajna Ima’illah, the women’s auxiliary organisation of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community enables and encourages not only me, but many women around the globe to serve Islam Ahmadiyyat. It is like being swathed by the true and pure sense of sisterhood, like cold
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Siaraa Syed, Hounslow Six simple words; yet, they carry so much weight, magnitude and relevance, especially in modern society. “An Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab, nor does a non-Arab have any superiority over an Arab; a White has no superiority over a Black, nor does a Black have any superiority over a White,
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Nida Mansoor, London Thinking about love, naturally our inclinations take us to ideals of perfection. We try to personify our expectations of love, take inspiration from, and draw towards those who reflect those traits. For me, as a Muslim, love in its perfect form is only in The Creator; striving to become one with Him
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Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot Jalsa Salana is a special time which has left me with different memories; the people, the colour, the spiritual regeneration, there is so much that appears as snapshots of my Jalsa experience. Thursday – Mud I was working in hospitality, taking guests from the entrance to the accommodation area. Rain was falling, the
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Sarah Ward, London Control. That elusive, enigmatic feeling which helps us to feel secure and confident in the world we build around us. Many people spend a large amount of time, money and energy searching for the feeling of control. You can see this human trait even from a child’s earliest experiences when they exercise
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Amtul Kafi Yadullah Bhunnoo, London Due to COVID-19, the global economy has plummeted far worse than it did in the Great Depression [1]. However, this pandemic has only brought out the false pillars of the economy that it was standing on. Why have banks lowered the interest rate to nearly 0% in order to help
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